Reflect and Share Your World's Largest Hackathon Journey: Writing Challenge Now Open 🌟

July 01, 2025

The building period for the World's Largest Hackathon has officially wrapped up, and what an incredible month it was! With over 130,000 builders registered, this event truly lived up to its name as a launchpad for the next generation of creators.

Now it's time to reflect, share, and celebrate the journey. Running through July 31, the World's Largest Hackathon Writing Challenge offers everyone a chance to document their building experience and share it with the community.

Maybe you joined your first hackathon team, discovered the power of AI-assisted development, or found that your project took on a life of its own beyond any competition. Each of our three prompts captures a different aspect of the WLH experience, giving you the freedom to share what mattered most to you.

Read on for the prompts!

Our Prompts

Building with Bolt

Share your project development experience and technical journey. You might cover what you built, how Bolt.new transformed your development process, any sponsor challenges you tackled, favorite code snippets or prompts, or how AI-powered development changed your approach to building.

Building with Bolt Submission Template

Beyond the Code

Tell us about the human side of your hackathon experience. You might cover your team collaboration dynamics, IRL events you attended, connections you made, mentors who helped you, community moments that stood out, networking experiences, or shout-outs to people who made your hackathon memorable.

Beyond the Code Submission Template

After the Hack

Share what's next for you and your project, and reflect on what you learned. Whether you're continuing development, launching a startup, or found that building became more important than competing, tell us about your future plans, personal transformation, skills gained, or how this month of creation changed your trajectory.

After the Hack Submission Template

Judging Criteria and Prizes

All prompts will be judged on the following:

Style and presentation
Clarity
Originality

There will be at least one winner per prompt, and each winner will receive an exclusive DEV badge. All valid submissions will earn a completion badge.

How To Participate

In order to participate, you will need to publish a post using the submission template associated with each prompt.

Please review our full rules, guidelines, and FAQ page before submitting so you understand our participation guidelines and official contests rules such eligibility requirements.

Important Dates

July 01: World's Largest Hackathon Writing Challenge begins!
July 31: Submissions due at 11:59 PM PDT
August 21: Winners Announced

We hope you enjoy this opportunity to reflect on your building journey and share your story with the community. Questions about the challenge? Ask them below.

Good luck and happy writing!